If You Lived in a World Without Sorrow December 3, 2009

What a happy life that would be.

But if you lived in a world without sorrow,

Then happiness wouldn’t seem so sweet.



Just a little thought that came to me in the shower the other day.

Monday Happy Thoughts (I Think Number IX) November 30, 2009

1. Moonlight through the pine trees (That one is for Carrie)
2. A beloved family pet
3. Having lunch with an old friend you haven’t seen for years
4. Letting your freak flag fly
5. Mint fudge Oreos

Seriously, if you haven’t tried the mint fudge Oreos, I highly recommend them. They are beyond delicious.

Have a happy Monday, everyone!

Return of the Monday Happy Thoughts November 23, 2009

In honor of Thanksgiving:

1. Pumpkin pie….mmmmm, pumpkin pie *makes Homer Simpson-esque drooling sound*
2. Mom’s stuffing….mmmmm, stuffing *more drooling noises*
3. Little kids making turkeys by tracing their hands on paper and coloring them
4. Eating too much and falling asleep on the couch watching football
5. Having things to be thankful for

Have a happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

We Now Return You to Your Regularly Scheduled Malinda November 20, 2009

Yes, I’m back. To a degree anyways. Life is still a bit crazy, but is slowly starting to return to a plateau of normalcy. The current economic downturn that has swept the country took its toll on me and I am currently working two jobs to recover from the time I spent unemployed. While one job is a pain and not at all what I would like to be doing, I am grateful to have both of my jobs and to be able to provide for myself now. And to everyone else out there that is struggling during these tough times, hang in there. To quote a wise from an excellent movie, “Life is full of hard bits, but in between the hard bits are lots of lovely bits.”

Stay tuned… June 12, 2009

Yes, I will start posting on this blog again. Someday. There are life factors that have taken my attention away from this blog. Mainly the fact that I don’t have internet access at home right now and have to go to the public library to get online. Plus a new, exhausting job. Plus a new boyfriend. All that adds up to some pretty distracting math.

No worries though, I will return…..

Uhhhh, How About Some Wednesday Happy Thoughts Instead? April 22, 2009

Yup, I missed Monday again. Ah well, it’s never too late for happy thoughts.

1. Newborn babies (Congratulations, C-Dawg!)
2. penguins
3. Lite Brite
4. tacos
5. Toto (the band and the dog)

Have a happy Earth Day, y’all! I’m sending positive thoughts to my friends, terre and Clever Monkey, who will be seeing FotC perform in Toronto tonight!

Monday Happy Thoughts (Almost Forgot Again) April 13, 2009

As my friend, Zeze, pointed out, I forgot to post Monday Happy Thoughts last week. Ironically, last week was terrible for me. I fully blame last week’s horror on the absence of Monday Happy Thoughts.

To make up for last week and in hopes of making this week a good one, I’m going to post a super-sized list of happy thoughts.

1. painting Easter eggs
2. jellybeans
3. a dream come true
4. perfectly sharpened pencil
5. meadows
6. knitted scarves
7. hay rides
8. sinking the other person’s Battleship
9. unexpected gifts
10. peppermint foot cream
11. horsies
12. clearance sales
13. beaded necklaces
14. new shoes
15. making good on a promise
16. French fries
17. adding cheese to aforementioned French fries
18. beaches
19. pumpkin patches
20. shooting stars

Hope it’s a happy week for everyone!

Radtastic Old Skool Music Video 5 April 9, 2009

By far, the best 80s one hit wonder that mentions Gary Cooper.

BTW, why was everything in the 80s so creepy?

Vehicle Warranty Scam April 6, 2009

I have been getting quite a few calls within the past couple of months that have been the same automated message telling me that the warranty on my vehicle is about to expire. I’ve never listened to the message all the way through, but it is definitely always the same message. At first I just didn’t care that the warranty on my truck was about to expire because it’s about ten years old and I don’t have any money to spend on extending a warranty on it anyways.

Then one day I happened to read something online about calls from scammers about vehicle warranties expiring. For the life of me, I couldn’t remember where I read that. But I did find a site called CallHunter where you can plug in the phone number that a suspicious or harassing call came from and search to see if anyone else has had any experiences with a call from that number. Really, it’s just a nice, quick way to see if a call is legit. Sooooooo much easier than trying to google information to see if a call is for real or not, which I’ve had to do before.

I went through my caller ID history on my cell phone and searched for the phone numbers on the CallHunter website that the vehicle warranty calls came from. For each one, someone had written that they had received a call from that number saying their vehicle warranty was about to expire. One lady wrote that she told the caller that she had just purchased her vehicle the day before, then they said they were talking about her previous car, she told them that she had already traded that car in, and then the caller hung up.

I added my own call experiences to each of the phone numbers that I researched on the site. I hate stupid phone scammers like that. We used to get toner scam calls in the office I used to work in all the time. I encourage anyone reading this who has received suspicious or harassing phone calls to use the CallHunter site to look up the phone numbers and to add your own experiences to it. And watch out for those vehicle warranty calls!

Monday Happy Thoughts IV March 30, 2009

1. gummie candy, whether it be in worm or bear form
2. Kermit the Frog
3. hula hoops
4. flying a kite
5. freshly baked warm cookies

Have a lovely day!